Researcher Profile - Alex Shankland
Alex Shankland
IDS Participation Group
(currently on fieldwork in Brazil)
with Associação Saúde Sem Limites, Brazil
address: c/o Associação Saúde Sem Limites, , Rua Três de Maio 223, Vila Clementino, CEP 04044-020 São Paulo–SP.
(+55 11) 5539 3803
a.shankland@ids.ac.uk
Biography
Alex Shankland is a social scientist who has worked in Brazil, Peru, Angola and Mozambique as a researcher, NGO manager and social development consultant. His research interests have centred on rights, participation and policy, particularly in the health sector. Formerly the Research Manager for the Development Research Centre on Citizenship, Participation and Accountability, he is currently engaged in fieldwork on the theme of representation and health policy in the Brazilian Amazon for a DPhil at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex.
Projects
Project - Identity Politics, Representation and Co-Management in Acre – part of 'Deepening Democracy in States and Localities' Research Programme
Summary - The aim of this research is to work with activist-researchers to facilitate a process of critical reflection with indigenous peoples’ organisations and associations linked to the seringueiro (rubbertapper) movement, examining the strategies used and lessons learned in their engagement with government agencies and “invited spaces”, particularly around policy on health, land rights and natural resource management.
part of CEBRAP's Collaborative Proposal
Latest Publications
Forthcoming: Shankland, A. and Roque, S., (2006): “Participation, Mutation and Political Transition: New Democratic Spaces in Peri-Urban Angola” in Andrea Cornwall and Vera Schattan Coelho (eds) Spaces for Change? The Politics of Participation in New Democratic Arenas, London: Zed Books
Shankland, A., (2006), Making Space for Citizens: Broadening the ‘New Democratic Spaces’ for Citizen Participation”IDS Policy Briefing 27
Shankland, A., Gaventa, J., and Howard, J. (eds.), (2002), “Making Rights Real: Exploring Citizenship, Participation and Accountability”, special edition of IDS Bulletin